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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
QUEER QUADRUPEDS.

. GENTLEMAN in Washington Territory
has two-year-old colt that recently swan
a distance Of six miles, entering the water
of its own accord, and landing in a strange
part of the country
A CONNECTICUT farmer drives to town
with horse that wears spectacles. The
farmer one day discovered that the animal
was near-sighted, and consulted an occulist,
who gauged the sight and made a pair of
concave glasses. 1t is said the animal is all
at sea without his goggles.
A STRANGE story Of an explosive hog is
current about Henderson, Ky. 1t is to the
effect that some dynamite, mixed with saw
dust, for blowing UP stumps. was left
where the animal got at it and swallowed
some. Later the hog was rubbing its side
against a post near a mules stall, when the
mule delivered fierce kick, striking the
hog and producing terrific explosion.
OK the coast of Java there are numerous
wild epes, who subsist largely upon the
toothsome sand-crabs, which abound in
that region. The manner Of the capture of
these crabs, by the apes, is said to be inter-
esting and amusing TO high degree. The
ape, unable TO arrest the rapid retreat of
the crab 10 his hole, backs up and thrusts
his tail down the hole, and, when the crus-
tacean resents the intrusion by seizing his
proffered member, the ape springs up,
dragging forth the coveted delicacy
WHEN monkeys live with opium smokers,
as they do in Eastern countries, where the
habit is more prevalent than elsewhere, and
become accustomed to the medicated at
mosphere, they acquire taste for the pipe
One particular monkey, It Is said, would
wait for his master 10 lay down his pipe
and would then take it up and smoke what
remained If not allowed to do SO for sew
eral days. it would fall into a slate of de
preston and inactivity, which would dis
appear as soon as it was allowed to ''hii
the pipe
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
FRAGMENTARY SCIENCE

METHOD IN vogue in sanitary engineer
ing for the detection of leakage in pipes, is
to pour into the pipe suspected quantity of
peppermint extract by the scent of which
the leak is detected.
EXPERIMENTS with electric lights under
water have developed the fact that the
pressure upon the glass globes, three
eights OF an inch thick, at depth of forty
fathoms was sufficient to demolsh them.
A CHEMIST has discovered, through
analysis of flowers of different hues. that
those of yellow color were without the
slightest trace of arsenic, while its pres
ence was perceptible in those of various
other colors.
BIRD on the wing is a striking example
of sustained muscular exertion. For hour
after hour the Australian swallow, which is
never seen to rest, sustains its flight. The
English swift flies all day long, and ap-
parently, is proof against fatigue.
A STRONG man WILL with muscles weigh
ing only pound or two, lift weight of
several hundred pounds. But, unconsciously
to himself, the strong mans muscles of the
chest move in the act of respiration two
hundred pounds, fifteen TO twenty times q
minute
ONE of the advantages claimed for cleo
trlcity is that it does not raise the tempera-
ture OF the atmosphere when used for
Lighting; yet under certain conditions it is
capable of evolving heat. This feature is
being turned to practical account in the
form of electrical heaters.
In is the opinion of those who have given
the matter attention, that birds Of prey are
guided more by sight than the sense of
smell. 1t has been observed that they
never sniff at any thing, but dart upon it at
once To strengthen this il is stated that
these birds can see twenty times the dis
tance that man can.
A SERIES of experiments recently made
by French metallurgist are stated to
have proved that steel loses weight by rust
about twice as rapidly as cast iron when
exposed to moist air. Acidulated water
was found to dissolve cast iron much more
rapidly than steel This would Indicate
that steel bridges are less affected by the
acids contained in the smoke of locomotives
that iron ones
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
CONCERNING OLO AGE.
The Influence of Habits, Conduct an
Thought on Longevity.

The Influence of Habits, Conduct and
Thought on Longevity.
Young people frequently look upon aged
persons with pity, and think of them as
deprived of most things that make life-de-
sirable. Yet. as a general rule, old peopl g
cling to life as earnestly as any others
and that, too, not merely a shrinking from
what lies beyond death, but for the mere
pleasure of living. They are cut off, to be
sure, from some sources of enjoyment
which they once had, but others are open
to them. The ambition is less keen, and
the cares of life bring less anxiety than
they once did. There is even certain
satisfaction in receiving that respect for
age which is paid to them by younger
people, in accordance with an inn
pulse which is as universal as
it is noble. To youth hope makes the
future bright-brighter often than
events will make them; to the a ged mem =
ory makes the whole past, stripped of its
gloomier features and filed with pleas
ant pictures, part of the unchanging
present.
Our inherited constitution has much to
do with the length of our lives. The late
Mrs. Cleveland Clark, who died in Spring
Held, Mass, not long ago, at the age of
one hundred and two, was an illustration
of this fact. She is reported to have en-,
joyed life greatly to the very last, and
maintained constant and happy interest
in all the affairs of the world. Her father
lived TO be over ninety, and her mother
almost attained the age of one hundred
and five. She leaves a brother who is
over ninety, and sister of ninety-seven.
Rev. Charles Cleveland, long known in
Boston as a city missionary, a member of
the same Cleveland family, died only q
few days short of one hundred.
Such cases are not merely the result Of
chance. A sitting process is going on all
the time. The weakest are sifted out in
infancy and carly childhood, and while
strength does not insure a child or youth
against death, it is usually the stronger
who survive. Long-liyed heredity is not
simply e physical tendency to live. 1t is
also tendency to the habits OF life, con-
duct and thought that preserve cons.ita,
tional vigor, and bold ia check or eradi-
cate Whatever might hamper natures re-
Operative power.
This suggests the practical lesson we
would enforce. By the voluntary cultiva-
tion of good habits those who have
reached, say the age Of thirty, in sound
health, may hope to live TO q good and
hsppy old age.--T Touth's Cou,paRfoh
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
HISTORIC NOTES.

WooD engraving as an art was known
IN Japan previous to its introduction into
Europe.
IL 1877 John Hayward was appointed by
the court at Boston the first carrier Of mail
in the United States.
THE United States Mint was established
In l192, yet the dollar was the monetary
unit seven years previous TO that time II
was not until 1874 that the coming of dollars
began
REGULAR stage lines were first estab-
lshed in this country, between New York
and Philadelphia, in 1756. In 1772 the first
trips were made between New York and
Boston.
THE clock business in America was becun
in 1873 by Eli Terry, a Connecticut man.
Tie first form OF clock constructed bv him
had wooden wheels. In 1914 he invented the
first short shelf-clock
BosToN's first theater was onened IN
"Board Alley In 1872 and was called the
"New Exhibition Room" The first piece
presented was called a s-moral lecture ),
and was entitled douglas" PLAYS ia this
theater were often interrupted by the
sheriff in support ofthe State statutes.
THE name Of the magnet is said to have
sprung from an ancient Greek sheuherd
named hagnes, who discovered that the
iron OF his staff adhered to some dark-col-
ored stones in his pastures To Friar Roc-
er Bacon. of Oxford, Eng, in l25s. is at
tributed the first practical knowledge of the
magnetic power. An Italian named Flavio
Gioia, 1t Is thought, constructed the frst
regular compass in the year 1900
II is written OF Benedict Arnold that when
a boy he was the especial aversion of his
schoolnates. He loved to torture insects
and all small animals, and would scatter
around fine pieces OF broken glass, and
watch for parefooted boys to come along:
and thea when their feet were bleeding, he
would stand by and laugh at them. Dogs.
cats and birds all seemed 70 know hun, and
hurried to get out Of his way.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
TIDiNes FROM ABROAD.

ONR-QUARTER Of the entire area of Nor
way is said to be covered with forest.
THE city of Glasgow and its suburbs con-
tains population Of million and a half of
people.
THE Philippine Islands have an area of
100000 square miles, or twice the dimensions
of the State of New York
THE Argentine Republic possesses 12,-
100000 horned cattle vet neither milk. but
ter nor cheese are produced in that coun-
try.
The British possessions cover in all about
100000 square miles, or one-seventh of the
land surface Of the globe, the population
numbering 21O,0OO,000, or one-sixth the peo-
pie Of the world.
THE Congo State does not permit the i'm
portation of percussion or other improved
firearms, and the natives are able to buy
only flint locks made in England specially
for the African trade.
IN French country houses the fashionable
sport is frog-spearing. The weapon used
resembles a cross-bow, and the barbed ar
rows are attached to the bows by a silken
string, so as to haul the frog in when he u
pierced.
A JAPANESE with an income Of 1900 a
year is considered a wealthy man, and
T
among the capitalists of his district. In all
the Empire, outof a population of 81 ,OOO, 900,
there are less than 10000 paupers.
The population of Pitcairn Island, west of
Australia, which was originally peopled by
the mutineers of the British ship Bounty in
1889 is reported by a passing steamer to
have increased to 107, of whom 81 are wom-
en-. Only three deaths have occurred in
three years.
/ PERHAPS one of the most primitive of in
! dependent kingdoms is the island of
Johanna, in the COmoro group. The sultan
boards any ship thatmay call there and en-
/ deavors to secure the washing for his
wives, while the prime minister peddles
cocoanuts and bananas.
VENICE is fast doing away with her gon-
dolas and substituting therefor small steam
craft, by which means travel is expedited
and cheapened. A few years since this city
had two thousand gondoliers living upon her
10000, population, but the steam launches
have nearly banished them.
WE are told on good authority that there
| are moro Scotchmen in London than in Edln-
burg, more Irlshmen than in Dublin and
! more Jews than in Palestine, with foreign
ers from all parts of the world, including a
great number of Americans. Yet there are
! 9O MANY Gn6hSueH II Lonuoh InaI ohe IL
not likely to notice the presence Of these
people of other nations.
JOHN CHINAMAN has the same difficulties
TO contend with in Australia that he has in
the United States. Australia is really more
agitated over the Chinese question than is
America, as owing to her closer relations
with China, she could be easier overrun by
an exodus of cheap labor from that country
| She is content to leave unmolested the Mon.
gohans she has already, but draws the line
against any thing like a systematic increase
in immigration.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
HEALTH SUGGESTIONS.

TIE hot pastry and iced drinks of this
country has much to do with the thinness of
its people.
DfsoBBERED digestion in adults is often
the outcome of beng compelled or induced
to eat rich food in childhood.
UP to middle life most people are careless
regarding their physical condition; hence
persons who ought to live long lives have
their days curtailed. The time to pay strict
attention to the bodily health is during the
vigorous portion of life.
IT is quite common practice to dose
infants with teas, oils and sweetened
waters when any real or imaginary Ill is up
on them. In some cases it is necessary to
reinforce the natural supply of nourish-
ment, but whero possible, natures fount
SHOULD be relied on chiefly.
For those who hurry to and from their
meals soup is recommended as a prepara-
tory agent for the reception of solid food.
For a man TO hurriedly rush to his meals
and gulp down meat, vegetables and PIE,
without short pause of rest for the stom-
ach Is nearly akin to suicide.
ToAsTING bread destroys the yeast
germs and converts the starch into a
soluble substance which is incapable of
fermentation. Dry toast will not sour the
stomach nor produce any discomfort, and
is, therefore, more agreeable to a weak
digestion than any other bread.
A STOPPING position, maintained for any
length Of time, tends more to undermine
the health than is generally supposed. An
erect position should be observed whether
sitting, standing or laying. To sit with the
body leaning forward in the stomach, or to
one side, with the heels elevated on a level
with the hands, is not only in bad taste, but
exceedingly detrimental to health; it cramps
the stomach, presses the vital organs, in
terrupts the free motion of the chest, and
enfeebles the functions of the abdominal and
thoracic organs, and in fact, unbalances
the whole muscular system
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
NOBILITY NOTES,

WITHIN the charmed circle of royal liter
att, the Prince of Montenegro takes a place
as writer of historic tragedy.
WHEN the Prince of Wales travels over a
dusty road railway water-cart precedes
him to lay the dust.
KING MILAN of Servia has written aclever
political comedy for which he has received
the highest honors within the gift of Bel
grade literary body.
THE two sons of the Prince of Wales will
shortly be made royal Dukes and will be
accorded stuffed cushions in the House Of
Lords Their ability is up TO the standard
of that body.
THE Crown Princess of Germany has had
two narrow escapes from death within very
brief period while on board the ships of the
British navy On both occasions the boat
bearing the royal party collided with anoth-
er, creating havoc and alarm
THE Crown Prince of Italy has estab-
hshed his residence at Naples Upon at
tanning his majority he will set up a splen-
did establishment in the palace of the old
Bourbon Kings He succeeds to the great
popularity enjoyed by his father
THE infant King of Spain, who is entitled
to an allowance of S1,500,000 a year, was
considered a very lucky child until the six
teen-year-old Emperor of China was heard
from. The Celestial monarch is said to re-
ceive S50,00O,000 a year, and is about TO
spend $lO,OOO,0OO in getting married.
1T was the tears of the young and beauti-
full widow of a youthful Sergeant of the
German army, shed for the loss of her hus-
band, which made her not long after the
wife of Peter the Great, as in time this
same woman was crowned Empress Cath
arine, the supreme monarch of Russia
THE Crown Princess Stephane of Aus
tria has contributed some chapters 10 her
husbands great work, ''The Austro-H Hun
garian Monarchy by Word and Picture. >
The editorial committee insisted upon pay
ing her by making handsome deposit in a
savings bank in the name of Stephanie's
baby daughter, the Archduchess Elizabeth.
LATELY the Princess Clementine. youngest
daughter of the King and Queen of the Bel
gians, attained her fifteenth year, and has
consequently taken her place, according to
the established etiquette of the Continent,
among the marriagable Princesses OF
Europe. There are at this moment in
Europe no less than one hundred and eight
Princes of marriageable age, whilst OF
Princesses in a similarly interesting posi-
ton there are only sixty-six
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
POINTS OF INFORMATION.

THE name "Johnny-cake'' is said to be q
corruption of 'journey-cake," a cake COM
posed Of corn-meal commonly made in the
South, and intended as an article of food
suitable for use in travelling.
RIcE-THRowING at weddings had its origin
with the Chinese. 1t is symbolical of the
act of Turing the bird of ill-omen from the
path of the bride, 10 enable her to safely
pursue her matrimonial career.
THE air of ''John Browns Body" had its
origin in the tune to which ELLA Bayne'
was written, by Stephen c. Foster the
writer of "The Old Folks at Home" and
other time-honored songs of this country.
a DEcK-HAND named Joe Sweeney, work
ing on the canal between Richmond and
Lynchburg, was thessfrst performer on the
banjo. He played his first tunes on an ex-
cavated ground with four strings. He be-
came q noted minstrel both at home and
abroad.
II a work on the origin of plants we are
informed that the earliest history of the
apple dates from the region of Ghilan and
Trebizond and that the lake-dwellers of
Lombardy, Savoy and Switzerland made
great use of apples. 1t is said that the pear
also was known to prehistoric Switzerland
and Italy.
To ASCERTAIN young lady's age, have
her put down the number of the month
in which she was born, multiply il
by two, add five, multiply it by fifty,
add her age, subtract 365, add 1I5,
then find the number left, the two right
hand figures of which will be her age, and
the remainder the month of her birth.
THE information is furnished by the
Printers CircU'dr that the entire Scriptures
contain 2,7755, ,269 ems in diamond and 2,S07,-
$40 ems in nOnpareil 1t would take print
er year and half TO put the Scriptures
in type at the rate Of five thousand ems per
day. The quantity of metal required in
nonpareil would be about $500 pounds, in
bourgeois 1900 and in plea $4,000 pounds
IN the United States ice was first used
for the preservation of fish about the year
1872, and in 1S+5 fishing vessels began to
take ice to preserve their catch. At first
they were careful to keep the ice separate
from the fish, piling it in a corner of the
hold, but they soon began packing the fish
in broken ice The inland trade in Ash had
up to that time been very limited, but soon
increased, and it was not many years before
boxes of fish packed in ice were shipped far
inland.
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The Lat. chief Eunuch.

stantinople, Bairam Haiz, has caused
shiver of anxiety throughout the bureau
cracy of the Empire Of the Caliphs. The
late Chief Eunuch was reputed to be, in
his way, very honest man-that Is to
say, although he took bribes, he performed
his part of the bargain. new Chief
Eunuch, who, Of course, will control the
Sultan, means the purchase Of all places
over again, and hence the CONSERVATION
among the officials. The late Chief Eunuch
was reputed TO be the wealthiest man in
the Ottoman Empire, but as he was
slave, his heir is the Sultan, who viii thus
for a season be relieved of that impecuni-
osity which for some time past has made
his life weary burden.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-23
SINGULAR SCRAPS

TuE pioneer drum corps of this country
exists in Sardinia, N. Y 1t is composed Of
four snare drums, two base drums, three
fifes and o standard bearer, averaging in
age over seventy years. The corps is led
By drum that was played at the surrender
Of Cornwa at Yorktown, and was through
the war OF 1912
"A srSeuEAR advertis appeared re-
Gently calling for l00,0 900 live fleas, to be de-
hvered I'M 5000 lots, at certain address.
The advertiser proved to be a flea trainer,
who revealed the fact that only one flea in
thousand can be taught any thing, and
then it takes three months to train them
The average lifetime Of the insect is one
year, hence the great demand.
A CHASTITY object of interest in Florence
Italy, is table composed of human mus
cles and viscera. 1t was made by an I.al-
ian who devoted several years of his life to
its manufacture, employing materia. OBJ
tanned from hundred human bodies Sc
cured from hospitals. The bodies were in
durated with mineral salts, and as they exist
IN the table are in a petrified state, having
the appearance of variegated marble.
A CERTAIN wealthy citizen of jackson,
Miss, had for the basis OF his fortune the
price of single meal served by HIM to forty
of the leading Union officers engaged in the
AolIOuo NiChSouts5 OOJcCtcu
at the time to Yankee money, and ac-
cepted Confederate bills, of which the Off
GERS had captured a store. to the amount of
one thousand dollars heada making forty
thousand dollars for the meal This he in
vested while yet good, and became inde-
pendently rich.
In treating a negro in Leipslc for an ul-
cerated affection it was found necessary TO
replace portions of the skin with pieces
taken from one or two white persons
These latter pieces gradually grew darker
in color and finally as black as the patients
own skin. This singular fact led TO an ex-
pertinent being made of transposing por-
tons of black skin on a white patient, and
1t was found that after u few weeks those
began to grow pale. In less than fourteen
weeks they had, in fact, grown so white us
not. to be distinguishable from the patients
natural skin.
Thirty thousand dollars is big price for
tifty-pound sack of flour. Yet that was
the amount re allied on one in Nevada dur
ing the eXcitablo days of the civil war The
sack in question was the wager between two
political aspirants for Office, the loser to re-
ceive the flour and to Gerry it home on his
back. This he did and then placed it up for
sale at auction for the benefit of a soldiers
fund when ii was bid up until 1000 in gold
had been paid for it. The news spread like
wildfire An adjoining city telegraphed for
the famous sack and for three months it was
car ried from place TO place, until not less
than 10000 was realized for the fund
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SMALL CHANGE.


'MoNEr makes the mare go"-so does the
lash
Love makes the world go roundn- so
does whisky.
A cHlLD's definition of snake-nothing
with Il tail.
A VERY small man-the man who was COW
cred with pistol.
THE cannibal we have always with us; in
other words, the dead beat who is always
living on somebody.
THE nights are growing cooler fast
The boys are courage gaining:
The time for treats is almost past,
The ice cream seasons waning.
"I SEE" said friend to the editor Of a
Dakota daily, that you call these papers
you are printing now the second edition;
how do they differ from those you were run
ming off half an hour agos' 1--WE have
stopped and oiled our press" was the can
did reply as the Territorial journalist
reached for the lever again.
"Do YoU ever take any thingln asked the
stranger. noddmG toward the mahogany
work well, yes replied the photog-
rapher, ''thats my business. Paradoxical
as it may seem, deal IN negatives, but
never say no.n And he slid developer
about three fingers deep into the dark closet
of his cavernous swallowing thing.-Bar-
detfe
Now, young lady, YOU may take the
stand,n said the lawyer in a case in a Justice
court, the other day. "Yes, SIR" she
replied, with beaming smile. "That does
me up" whispered a man on one of the
benches. "Tm her husband, and she's
forty nine years old, but the sugar on that
lawyers tongue will cost me thirty dollars
for millinery before the first of the month
THEY thought TO have cottage neat
w tn honeysuckles twining,
And live IN lovers transports sweet
All other cares resigning.
The goal of peace they thought to win
And happily through life 10 jog,
And so they might. had it not been
For papa and the dog.
--Nerehant 7raveLer.
SIZE said not much about the sea-
At set of sun she sat with me,
held her hand, so fond and free,
Thrilled at its touch;
Softly spoke, and tenderly.
She said not much.
We the billows come and fee:
Oh, tremulous heart and throbbng sea,
How near alike they seemed to mel
Upon the sands bent my knee,
"Oh, wilt thou not my true wife beS''
She said: No; much"
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